The Spinney Primary School
Primary · Community school · Ages 4–11 · Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
Last distance offered · Reception 2025
0.775 miles
Published by Cambridgeshire County Council · offers on 16 April 2025
Reception last distance offered, 2018–2025 (miles)
The Spinney Primary School is a primary school in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire for ages 4–11 (community school). Cambridgeshire has published a last distance offered for this school for Reception 2018 to 2025 entry.
The Spinney Primary School catchment area: last distance offered
Parents often call this the catchment area: it's how far from the school the last child offered a place lived. It changes every year.
| Entry | Last distance offered |
|---|---|
| Reception 2025 | 0.775 mi |
| Reception 2023 | 0.5 mi |
| Reception 2022 | 0.436 mi |
| Reception 2021 | 0.302 mi |
| Reception 2020 | 0.26 mi |
| Reception 2019 | 0.228 mi |
| Reception 2018 | 0.335 mi |
What the pass includes · How to read it: one past year, not a catchment
What the figures show
- For Reception 2025, the last child offered a place lived 0.775 miles away, the 4th shortest of 23 Cambridgeshire primary schools with a published last distance (middle figure 1.99 miles).
- The 2025 Reception last distance was further from the school than in 2023 and 2018, and the 2025 figure was the longest of the 7 years with a published distance.
- In 2024/25, 69% met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths (England 62%), the 4th highest of 9 schools: this one and the 8 nearest primary schools in Cambridgeshire.
- In 2024/25, 31% of pupils reached the higher standard in reading, writing and maths at the end of primary school (England 8%).
Worked out by Catchmently from the published figures on this page and those for other Cambridgeshire schools. Distances are as published; how they were measured differs between admission authorities.
Key facts
- Address
- Hayster Drive, Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, CB1 9PB
- Type
- Community school
- Phase
- Primary
- Ages
- 4–11
- Council
- Cambridgeshire
- Pupils on roll
- 177 January 2026 school census
- Free school meals
- 9% of pupils eligible
- Pupils per teacher
- 29.5
Official record: Get Information about Schools · as at 15 September 2026
Ofsted
No Ofsted grade Inspected 2 June 2026
Strengths
- “They also enjoy their learning.”
- “This is because staff make lessons enjoyable.”
- “Positive relationships exist between pupils and staff.”
To improve
- “However, some pupils do not secure some important knowledge in writing and mathematics as well as they could.”
- “Pupils' achievement in these subjects could be even better.”
- “However, some pupils do not learn correct letter formation and orientation as quickly as they could or as early as they should.”
Safeguarding: met
Quoted from the Ofsted report published 24 June 2026 (read the report). Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Exam results
| Measure | School | England |
|---|---|---|
| Key stage 2 · reading, writing and maths, expected standard (2024/25) | 69% | 62% |
Department for Education school performance data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Applications and offers
- 2026 Reception entry: 12 first-preference applications, 14 offers in total, 12 offers to first-preference applicants.
Department for Education, school-level applications and offers, figures on national offer day. Earlier years are in the pass.
Nearby primary schools
Straight-line distance, in Cambridgeshire.
- Cherry Hinton Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School 0.4 mi Good Last distance published
- Colville Primary School 0.4 mi Not judged Last distance published
- Queen Emma Primary School 0.6 mi Good Last distance published
- Bewick Bridge Community Primary School 0.6 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Ridgefield Primary School 0.8 mi School remains Good Last distance published
- Queen Edith Primary School 0.9 mi Good Last distance published
- St Philip's CofE Aided Primary School 0.9 mi No Ofsted grade Last distance published
- Morley Memorial Primary School 1.1 mi School remains Good Last distance published